Last week — for the second year in a row — ISRA issued a "travel alert" urging subscribers to "write Chicago out of their summer vacation plans because the city is just too darn dangerous to visit."Who could forget how gun control came to Chicago?
The warning says crimes "ranging from pickpocketing to aggravated assault are becoming very commonplace in areas once considered safe for families and tourists."
It contains this quote, attributed to an unnamed Chicago police officer who also is an ISRA member: "Don't come to Chicago this summer unless you want to get beaten and robbed."
And this one, from ISRA executive director Richard Pearson: "Tourists are like sitting ducks, and mobs of violent criminals have shown that they are brazen enough to attack anywhere, any time — even along the Magnificent Mile."
Monday, July 23, 2012
Chicago Tribune Upset That Illinois Rifle Association Tells America to Avoid Chicago as Vacation Place
The Chicago Tribune reports:
